The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-11-25
Licenses TO Sell Liquors.

The following are the new rules
adopted by the committee of the Bar
Association and approved by the court,
concerning the granting of licenses
/. Every application for q license tn
sell liquors under any of the Acts of
Assembly passed for that purpose, must
be represented by an Attorney of this
Court, whose name shall be endorsed
on the petition.
2. A license to sell vinous, spirit
uous, malt and brewed liquors or any
admixtures thereof, in quantities not
exceeding one quart, will be granted
only to keepers OF hotels, inns and tav-
erns who have accommodations for the
entertainment of strangers and travel
lers, prescribed by law. Licenses to
sell domestic wines and malt and
brewed liquors, in like quantities, may
be granted to keepers of restaurants
and eating houses.
All applicants for the licensing of
new houses, must satisfy the Court by
evidence then produced, that the
license asked for is necessary for the
accommodation of the public, or the
entertainment of strangers or travellers,
as the case may be.
8. Petitions for licenses shall state
the business to be conducted by the
petitioner aud shall comply with the
9TH section of the Act of 18th May,
1887, Pamphlet Laws l09-10. Petition.
ers for hotel, inn or tavern license
shall aver that the petitioner has the
statutory accommodations.
4. Applications for license to sell
liquors, whether by retail or wholesale,
shall be heard in the Quarter Sessions
of Columbia county on the third Mon
day of January, in each year, at 10
o'clock q. m. and in the Quarter Ses-
sions of Montour county on the Friday
following the said third Monday, at 10
o'clock a. m. of said day and the hear
ing of such applications shall be con-
tinued for such length of time as may
be necessary to dispose of them:
At which times, for the said count
les respectively, all persons applying
for license or making objection to any
application shall be heard by evidence,
remonstrance or counsel, unless the
Court for cause shall continue the same:
But all licenses shall be for one year,
beginning on the first day of February,
thereof.
S. All applications for license shall
be filed with the Clerk of the Court at
least three weeks before the time here
in fixed for hearing the same in the
respective counties, the petitioner pay
ing the Clerk the fee required by the
4th section of the Act of May 13, 1887,
at the time of filing the petition aud
such notice of said application shall be-
published by said Clerk, three times, in
at least two newspapers, designated by
the said Court and published In said
county, as is required by the Act Of
May Is, 1887, aforesaid.
6. Remonstrances against the grant
ing of license must be fled seven
days before the day appointed for the
hearing. If there are any specific
objections to the granting of such
license they must be set forth in the
remonstrance so required to be filed.
But additional petitions of residents
of the township, borough or ward. may
be fled Oh or before the day OF hearing.
7. Not more than six with esses for
or against any license shall be heard,
unless by special leave of Court.
s. The bond with sureties must be-
presented at the time of hearing, and
be approved by the Court.
Q. Subpenas for witnesses shall be
issued by the Clerk under the seal of
the Court, returnable to the day herein
fixed for hearing the applications the
costs and the fees of the witnesses in
Cured on behalf of the applicant for
license shall be paid by him and those
incurred on behalf of the remonstrants
shall be paid by them.
1t will be observed that all applica-
tions for license will be heard on the
third Monday of January, no matter
whether the license for the past year
was obtained at February or May
court. License blanks can be procured
at thus office.